Senior Computer Systems Architect: Modern IT & Security

CNSS • National Security Systems; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

NSA's Fort Meade, MD-based Computer Systems Architects role focuses on modernizing IT architecture using commercial and government technologies. You will analyze research, map data requirements, and define secure information transport while collaborating with technical and application teams to deliver compliant solutions.

The position emphasizes cybersecurity, scalable data models, and alignment with enterprise standards, with clear career progression from entry to senior levels in a

Qualifications

• Degree must be in Computer Science (CS).
• Relevant experience must be in design/development of computer or information systems with hardware/software lifecycle.
• Entry is with a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience or a Master's degree plus 1 year of relevant experience or a Doctoral degree and no experience.

Responsibilities

• Modernize IT architecture through analysis of research and introducing changes based on evolving project requirements.
• Integrate industry trends, emerging technologies and standards and new vendor features.
• Collaborate with experts in technical and application teams to identify, evaluate and recommend technical solutions to support project requirements.
• Produce compliance results for established project requirements and IT architecture.
• Define and analyze data requirements, mapping legacy data stores and formats to logical and physical data models.

Skills

System administration

C/C++

Java

Python

Unix/Linux

Security architectures

Cloud/Virtualization

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Master's in CS

Doctoral degree

Tools

NiFi

MongoDB

Virtualization

Job description

NSA's Fort Meade, MD-based Computer Systems Architects role focuses on modernizing IT architecture using commercial and government technologies. You will analyze research, map data requirements, and define secure information transport while collaborating with technical and application teams to deliver compliant solutions.

The position emphasizes cybersecurity, scalable data models, and alignment with enterprise standards, with clear career progression from entry to senior levels in a